The faithful will be ecstatic, the doubters unconvinced as the Springboks retained their record of never having lost to the All Blacks in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
It was 41 years since Dawie de Villiers’s Springbok team smashed All Black drea...
A while ago and a few times on air I have said that I believe the Australian rugby team looks perfectly poised to rob the Rugby World Cup from the favourites and hosts, the New Zealand All Blacks. I have, at the same time, also felt much contempt for...
The Wallabies don't often win in South Africa, but Durban must be their favourite city. Three of their only four away Tri-Nations victories against South Africa have been played at this venue. Fourteen-Nine. The Kings Park clash was a low-scoring, ti...
I was watching my son’s rugby team play Kasselsvlei on Saturday morning and so I missed the televised All Black/Springbok Tri-Nations clash at Westpac Park in Wellington. The night before, I had chuckled at a Facebook warning sent to a friend liv...
The Super 15 isn't even over and already the games have begun as the Rugby World Cup approaches. This became apparent with the South African Rugby Union's announcement of 21 players who are "injured" or who have been carrying injuries through the Sup...
Four weeks ago, if you had asked Bok supporters what they expected from the 2010 Grand Slam Tour given:
1. A rancid Tri-Nations;
2. An under fire coaching team;
3. Thirteen top internationals missing;
4. Key players at the end of a gruelling se...
The rugby world is slowly edging to its Holy Grail, one which only appears every four years. Plans are concocted, armies assembled and opponents vanquished in the four-year dash for the Rugby World Cup, a tournament which forms the primordial soup of...
By Langa Sigodi
From the moment that Pieter de Villiers was announced as Springbok coach in 2008, it was evident that win or lose, his tenure would be remembered for one thing, his race. After a dismal Tri-Nations, the calls have been loud for him...
When the Springboks left these shores they were considered favourites for the Tri-Nations title and now return in rags. South Africa has always been a fickle place for sports lovers and this was proven by the rumours, conjecture and very dismal view ...
The Springbok performances over the last two weeks have left more questions than answers. Were the All Blacks better than the Bokke? Yes. How bad were the Boks? Not sure. How good were the All Blacks? Very good, but did they make the Boks play badly?...
